This is the one I have for sale

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I have a 1.7 x teleconverter that works with sdm/hsm...

I like it, do you need the plane more to the right for logo space??

Maybe the long journey from the Japanese car factory to Europe has an affect on reliability... Sat on docksides waiting for ships and then being at sea for I guess a couple of weeks could be detrimental.

With modern engineering and manufacturing by controlled by computer there is now very little human intervention in consumer goods. So I would expect very little difference in quality from various countries, I don't include china in that generalization whose quality control tanks from superb (apple products) to the fake products touted on eBay etc...

Thanks mike I for some reason thought it was Vietnam that must be tamron...

People have this notion that made in Japan is better than made in Vietnam. However the ones made in Vietnam are newer and manufactured on a brand new production line... Made in Japan people assume the factory staff will be better skilled than Vietnamese staff...

I guess make your own mind up

Thank you. I hadn't realized they had increased in price so much recently.

Good luck with the sale or trade

I have had a couple of the f and fa135 lenses and whilst they are good for the same sort of price you are asking for yours you can pick up the brilliant da50-135mm

The last 135mm I sold on eBay last year went for 260 which I thought was a good price...

Haven't used any modern pentax flashes. To be honest I use an old pentax s280 more than any other flashes, light and ideal for a little fill in...

With the Metz you have to get Pentax specific, beware of a steep learning curve with the Metz, whilst its a good flash its not very user friendly, they also break easily...